August 31, 2014 Report

John from Tampa was visiting his son Nick who's attending the University of Miami and wanted to spend a few hours fishing. We started at a bonefish and permit flat which also gets visited by sharks as well. Waiting for fish to move through a huge permit shows up and ignores two good casts before it got too close to the boat and spooked. A few minutes later one of the rods doubles over and Nick eventually lands a 4' feisty lemon shark. We moved flats and a BIG school of giant tailing bonefish welcomed us but they made a hard turn and were out of range quickly. Not long after another school moves in but spooked before we could get off a cast. The day ended with John and Nick landing a few more sharks.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

August 29, 2014 Report

Steve from Miami hadn't fished Biscayne Bay before and wanted to experience it first hand. We started looking for bonefish but the few schools we saw were too close for a good shot. Towards the end of the trip we staked our and waited for permit, bones and shark to move through. After a while the sharks moved in but they were acting very skittish and wouldn't eat perfectly presented baits. In the meantime a stingray moves through with a permit riding its back. We made three good casts and all three were refused by the permit. Urgh! Finally the sharks started to eat and Steve ended up hooking four big sharks. The last shark ate 30 minutes before our trip was over and it was a big one. An hour and 20 minutes later Steve releases a BIG 7' about 200lb shark. What a way to end the trip!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

August 25, 2014 Report

Craig and his son Andrew wanted to do some bonefishing and look for tarpon so we started tarpon fishing for the first few hours. After a number of different spots there were no tarpon to be found. Heading to the bonefish flats we saw a few schools of bones mudding and a couple of permit but no hook ups. While staked out we see some sharks move through and sight casted one lemon shark and missed hooking a few bigger lemons in the 6' range and possibly a bull shark in the same size range.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

August 24, 2014 Report

Local angler Gary and his two sons, Jake and Adam boarded today for some shark fishing on the flats. We get to the first spot and immediately see a shark move in and Jake hooks up and lands the first shark of the day. The area is getting hot when a boat runs right over our chum slick and scares everything behind the boat. Urgh! We move to another area and it's slow but we get one bite, the rod doubles over and before the reel starts to scream the rod whips back. The shark cut us off. NO! We ended the day in a creek that produces tons of snapper for me and while it was slow, we did land some fish.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

August 22, 2014 Report

Local anglers Jorge and his son Jorge Jr. wanted to catch dinner on a late afternoon trip and so off we headed to an area that has produced for me a number of tasty and large mutton snappers. The plan was to fish this area and then head off to an area full of small coral heads and small reefs where the snapper fishing has been great. At the first spot we had a school of big hard fighting and tasty bar jacks swim through and Jorge hooked up on 8lb test. The bar jack tested the light reel and Jorge's skill but eventually landed in our cooler. We released a number of small mutton snapper and other species but lost a huge fish, probably a big grouper, after an almost 10 minute fight. We never could make it to the shallow reefs due the unusually high wind.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

August 21, 2014 Report

Aaron and Jake from Minnesota were back in town and wanted to go fishing again. Last time we fished was in March and the wind was blowing almost 40 mph out of the west. Thankfully there were places for us to hide from the wind and Jake caught sea trout, his biggest fish to date! I love fishing with kids and these guys are always great to fish with. We went to an area not far from the marina and didn't have to leave. Jake caught a number of snappers and jacks plus a few others that got him in the rocks while Aaron hoked a nice tarpon that broke him off on the jump.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

August 18, 2014 Report

Regular client David was back in town and ready to do some fishing. We decided to fish out of Key Biscayne and look for summer tarpon in an attempt to seek redemption from our last tarpon trip together when David lost a monster to a piling. We set up and worked an area that had been producing for me. There were only a few rollers and it was slower than expected but while catching a variety of other species we waited for "the bite". "The bite" came and it was a monster for summer time. The fish never jumped but ran over 100 yards of line nonstop while I tried to release the anchor, reel in the other rods and give chase. Unfortunately, he broke us off and swam free. There was a very unhappy guide on the boat at this point. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com